Clothespin



H. JENKINS Amai x15 1924.

CLOTHESPIN Riied June 12. 1923 Patented Apr. i192@ narran stares raresterstes.

CLOTHESEIN.

Application iled June 12, 1923. Serial No. 644,982.

T all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, HARVEY JENKINS,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Gothenburg, in the county ofDawson and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Clothespins, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a clothes pin and has for its principalobject to generally improve upon devices of this nature by providing asimple and eflicient structure, one which is reliable in use,inexpensive to manufacture, durable, and well adapted to the purpose forwhich it is designed.

An other important object of the invention is to Vprovide a clothes pinformed from a single strand of resilient wire which is bent so as toprovide a structure which will efticiently hold clothes upon a linewithout any danger of injuring the clothes and constructed so that itmay be easily engaged with and disengaged from the clothes and line.

With the above and numerous other ob- `iects in view as will appear asthe description progresses, the invention resides in certain novelfeatures of construction and in the arrangement of parts as will behereinafter more fully described.

ln the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the clothes pin showing the same inuse,v

Figure Q is an edge elevation thereof.

Figure 8 is an edge detail perspective thereof.

Referring to the drawing in detail it will be seen that the clothes pinis formed from. a single strand of wire of a resilient nature whichstrand of wire is bent so as to provide a substantially U-shaped bodyportion l the intermediate portion 2 of which is bent out of alignmentwith legs 3 as is disclosed to advantage in Figure 2. The upper end ofone leg 3 is bent inwardly and terminates in an eye e. The other legBhas its upward end bent inwardly through the eye and extended downwardlybetween the two legs to form an arm 5. This arm 5 includes a straightportion 7 and another straight portion 8 which is angularly disposedthereto, preferably at an obtuse angle. The end.

of portion 8 terminates in an eye or loop 9 which is curved outwardlyfrom the body.

From the above description it will be seen that because of the loop 9and the offset relation of the intermediate portion 2 to the legs 3 ofthe body l that the clothes pin may be readily slipped over the line andthe clothing thereon be securely held in place against removal by thewind or in any other undesirable or unauthorized manner. It will also beseen that the clothes pin may be equally pulled from engagement with theline when desired and that there will be no danger whatsoever of tearingthe clothing as the pin is being engaged with the line or removedtherefrom.

l have, in the present instance, shown and described the preferredembodiment of the clothes pin which will give in practice satisfactionand reliable results, and it is to be understood that the same issusceptible of modifications in various particulars without departingfrom the spirit or scope of the invention or sacrificing any of itsadvantages.

A `Having thus described my invention, what 'I claim as new is:

A clothes pin of the class described formed from a single strand ofresilient wire bent to provide a U-shaped body including an intermediateportion and two parallel spaced legs, the intermediate portion beingcurved out of alinement with the plane in which the major portions ofthe legs are disposed, one of said legs having its end bent inwardly andterminating in an eye, the other leg having its end bent inwardly andextending through the eye and terminating in an arm disposedapproximately between the legs of the U-shaped body and including twostraight portions angularly disposed in relation to each other andterminating in a coil adjacent the intermediate portion of the body,said intermediate portion of the body diverging from that straightportion of the arm which is provided with the coil.

In testimony whereof l ami; my signature in presence of two witnesses.

nani/'nr .in-Niente.

Witnesses RYNoL B. JOHNSON, .ltorY C. GINGRICH.

